League

Animán
Spectators: 7086 (Terracing: 5316, Seating: 1629, VIP seats: 141) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carlos Segio made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Palca's zone, Arnulfo Mikeldi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anacleto Crescencio came out of the goal and Arnulfo Mikeldi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 7 minutes into the match, Orlando Nikola dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anacleto Crescencio, 1-0. After 12 played minutes Palca got a freekick which was hit by German Menendo. Mordechai Stupler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Segio, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Arnulfo Mikeldi kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 20th minute of the match Luciano Jesco shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mordechai Stupler showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Arnulfo Mikeldi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Serafino Mundo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mordechai Stupler. Animán AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Orlando Nikola's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anacleto Crescencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Ivan Nardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mordechai Stupler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from German Menendo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Animán AFC made a substitution. Jose Frasquito replaced Cipriano Beltxe. In the 54th minute, Arnulfo Mikeldi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Animán AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The audience was convinced that Desiderio Adrio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anacleto Crescencio was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Orlando Nikola was slow to take the kick. During this time Animán AFC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Orlando Nikola got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anacleto Crescencio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Desiderio Adrio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anacleto Crescencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Nikola in the 63rd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Animán AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Segio came free, but Mordechai Stupler reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute Orlando Nikola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anacleto Crescencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 played minutes Palca got a freekick which was hit by German Menendo. Anacleto Crescencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Nikola, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 81stth minute of the game Carlos Segio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Animán AFC's Mordechai Stupler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 86 minutes into the match, German Menendo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mordechai Stupler, 4-1. Carlos Segio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 91 minutes into the game, German Menendo lined in a short shot 4-2 behind a frustrated Mordechai Stupler. Animán AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 98th minute, when Carlos Segio scored to the left of an out of position Mordechai Stupler, making the score, 4-3.